Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics/Recap/Sleeping Beauty

Princess Briar Rose ["Nobara hime" (Japanese: 野ばら姫)] aka Sleeping Beauty is the 18th episode of Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.

The protagonist is a princess and amateur musician who was given a curse at birth - when she turns 16, she will fall into an enchanted sleep (and that's just because of a Fairy Godmother, the original curse would kill her!) But not everything is lost, for there's a chance that a Prince will wake her up. . .

The tropes used in this episode include :

• Adorkable: The King is made of this trope.
• Ascended Extra: Princess Briar Rose's parents.
• Because Destiny Says So: Pretty much everything aligns for the Prince to find Briar Rose's kingdom, then her castle, and THEN her. When the Prince and Rose actually meet and speak to one another, they're shown to be pretty much made for each other.
• The Big Damn Kiss: Of course!
• Bumbling Dad: The King adores his daughter, but is this to her rather clearly.
• Canon Foreigner: The Prime Minister, who's there to be a Straight Man to the King's childish antics.
• Daddy's Girl: Briar Rose, yes.
• Elegant Classical Musician: As said below, Briar Rose is very good at playing the lyre. It's a bit of a plot point here: as the Prince approaches her castle, he hears a beautiful song and has a sort-of magical vision of Rose playing as she calls out to him in his mind. He then vows to wake up Rose from her sleep.
• Girl in the Tower: Briar Rose's quarters are atop of one of her palace's towers.
• Hair of Gold: Briar Rose is a sweet, soft-spoken, very polite blonde girl.
• Lonely Doll Girl: At age 16, Briar Rose still has dolls to keep her company. Her mother even lampshades it.
• Lonely Rich Kid: Briar Rose is this as well, since she's depressed over having all the riches she could ever want but being unable to leave her tower.
• Luminescent Blush: The Prince turns scarlet when he sees the sleepy and pretty Briar Rose, and when she wakes up she happily blushes back at him.
• Karmic Death: Averted for the Evil Fairy: at the end she merely transforms into a bat and flies away, frustrated at the ultimate failure of her plans.
• Let Her Grow Up Dear: The Queen tells this to her Bumbling Dad husband after Rose marries her Prince.
• May-December Romance: The King looks notoriously older than the Queen.
• Non-Idle Rich: Briar Rose is a talented musician, writes her own songs and is even shown to be a bit obsessed with songwriting. Again, it's a plot point: the Evil Fairy easily gets her to prickle her finger with a spinner via disguising herself as a seamstress and roping the very sheltered Rose into spinning wool for her in exchange for helping her finish a melody that she cannot write any longer.
• Parents as People: The Royal Couple is clearly unhappy to keep Briar Rose isolated, but feel that they have no choice.
• Pragmatic Adaptation: The episode covers just the first part of the tale, not the sequel with the Wicked Stepmother and her cannibalistic desires.
• Psychic Powers: The Prince hears a gentle voice calling out to him in his mind as he stands in front of Briar Rose's castle. The voice is actually Briar Rose's, since she apparently can speak to him through the magical equivalent of a Psychic Link; it's kinda confirmed when she wakes up and tells him that she has been waiting for him through that century.
• Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Since this series is geared towards kids, their rendition of the tale is logically among the most idealistic ones.
• Snow Means Love: The Prince shows up and wakes up Rose during a snowy day.
• True Love's Kiss: Subverted! What wakes up Briar Rose is not the Prince's kiss, but simply his arrival and how he prickles one of his fingers on a thorn. They do get a very cute kiss soon, however.
• Women Are Wiser: The Queen is clearly better adjusted than the King.